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ausstatten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  • endow verb To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • equip verb To supply someone or something with the items needed for a particular purpose.
  • floor noun The surface on which you walk inside a room or building.
  • provide verb To supply someone with something they need or want.
  • suffice verb To be enough for a purpose or need.
  • tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.

Senses

ausstatten is used for these senses in English:

  • appoint (transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
  • endow (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • equip (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
  • fix up (informal, ambitransitive) To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
  • floor (transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
  • provide To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
  • suffice (archaic) To furnish; to supply adequately.
  • tool (transitive) To equip with tools.

appoint — full definition

  1. verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  2. verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.

endow — full definition

  1. verb To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  2. verb To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
  3. verb To naturally furnish (with something).
  4. verb To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).

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